Teenage Girl Finds Homeless Man A New Life After Seeing His Cry For Help

Charlotte Howard stumbled across a poster advertising a homeless man's search for work, and it hit her (and us) right in the feels

Alex

• Published in News
• April 3, 2019

You know, every time I start thinking the world is going downhill, something like this crosses my desk and buoys my cold little heart. 16-year-old Charlotte Howard stumbled across a poster advertising a homeless man's search for work, and it hit her (and us) right in the feels. She snapped a photo, posted it to Facebook, and through the Power of the Internet™, he's found himself with a job, a home, and over £1000 in donations.

She is testament to the idea that it only takes 30 seconds to do something great and change a life - so heeding her unintentional message would do the world some good. Take a look.

The initial poster Charlotte happened upon

The note reads:

"I will do a trial for free to show how I work, I don't take drugs or drink

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I will also do: dog walking-minding, window cleaning, shoping, gardening, car valiting-washing, housework, cooking, anything to earn A living and make life seem worth living

Help Change A Life."

Awfully touching, no? Anthony Johnson had been homeless for 9 years at this point, and was scraping the bottom of the barrel in his quest to turn his life around.

After seeing the post shared on Facebook, Nelson Smith's interest was piqued. As a landscape gardener and someone who has struggled with mental health in recent years, he reports that he saw the potential in Johnson's plea as a man trying to better himself.

Johnson is due to start working with Smith soon.

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Charlotte also helped to raise over £1000 and purchase a caravan for him. Out with the old, in with the new! Giving Andrew a proper home is the launching pad into his plans for the future.

“I didn’t want to do the things I used to do – my social circles used to be drug takers and criminals. Now it’s pastors and people doing outreach work,” Andrew said, explaining his background in drugs and crime. “Getting a job is about having something to do rather than rotting away on a bench – it’s about having something in your life and at the moment that seems to be coming back,” he continued.

People had things to say about Charlotte's handiwork

Alex